Hardeep Matharu
Explorer of truth, complexity, justice, alternatives, identity, the forces that shape us | Journalist | Editor of @BylineTimes | [email protected]
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Imperial Amnesia Strikes Back: ‘Racism in America Nothing to do with Us’ – Byline Times
In a debate on the UK’s Black History Month, Kemi Badenoch highlighted the Government’s colonial arrogance by deflecting attention and throwing its ‘special’ ally under the bus
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While the Equalities Minister's comments about white privilege & schools have rightly grabbed attention - what about her suggestion that racism in America is nothing to do with Britain?
Imperial amnesia & arrogance at its finest. My @BylineTimes piece 🔽
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James Murdoch quit media empire as it 'legitimized disinformation'
The son of Rupert Murdoch told the New York Times he 'pulled the rip cord' from the family business because he was 'increasingly uncomfortable' with News Corp and Fox.
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James Murdoch has said he quit his father's media empire because it was 'legitimising disinformation', denying climate change and criticised 'crazy' Donald Trump for 'infecting the US with cruelty' and downplaying COVID-19 👇
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Dr Julian Lewis has Tory whip removed after running against PM's security committee chair pick
He is axed for allegedly working with the opposition - but one MP brands the decision "psychopath politics".
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We don't think democracy could slip away from us here in Britain. But it is. In plain sight. Right now ⬇️
We need to pay attention. If COVID-19 has shown us anything, it's that politics matters. Deciding who leads us matters. Our lives can depend on it.
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Priti Patel Cannot Make Herself a Poster Girl for a ‘Non-Racist Britain’ – Byline Times
By using herself as an example of how Britain is not a racist a country, the Home Secretary is blind to how such thinking keeps structural inequality firmly in place against others from minority communities, writes Hardeep Matharu
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"Home Secretary is engaging in a blindness with damaging repercussions: that, because of her success, other minorities will continue to be denied the chance of it"
My piece ⬇️
'Priti Patel Cannot Make Herself a Poster Girl for a "Non-Racist" Britain'
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Chief nurse was dropped from coronavirus briefings ‘after refusing to back Dominic Cummings’
Exclusive: Ruth May stopped from appearing shortly before press conference was due to take place
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Senior NHS source: "Everyone is being asked to support the Government positions prior to doing a press conference. If they don’t, they get dropped. First it was Dominic Cummings, then easing lockdown and now the R-rate and the two-metre rule" 👇
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Police spoke to Dominic Cummings after Durham trip in lockdown
Exclusive: PM’s adviser was with parents away from London home when he had coronavirus symptoms
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If Dominic Cummings faces no consequences for this we must relinquish the pretence that we live any longer in a functioning democracy and open our eyes wide to reality. #COVIDー19 has revealed our rotting state. Once the root sets in, it endures 👇
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Boris Johnson Said Superman Brexit Britain Would Take Advantage of the Pandemic and Go Its Own Way – Seven Weeks Before Lockdown – Byline Times
In new comments unearthed by Byline Times from a speech the Prime Minister delivered in early February, Johnson said COVID-19 would cause "real and unnecessary economic damage" beyond "what is medically rational".
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7 weeks before lockdown, Boris Johnson: Coronavirus will cause "real and unnecessary economic damage" beyond "what is medically rational... humanity needs some government willing at least to make the case powerfully for freedom"
A @BylineTimes must read
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Lions nap on road during South African lockdown
A pride of lions take advantage of traffic-free roads in Kruger National Park for an afternoon rest.
Did Experts Fail to “Speak Truth to Power” Over 'Targeted Herd Immunity'? – Byline Times
Hardeep Matharu speaks to a NHS consultant about how the politics of inevitability infected the UK Government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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"Herd immunity was clearly policy. They’re rowing back because they made a mistake. My question is did we have expert advisors who failed to speak truth to power?"
I spoke to @cpeedell on how a politics of inevitability infected UK response to #COVIDー19
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Coronavirus: We Must Resist this Exercise in Hypernormalisation – Byline Times
Hardeep Matharu warns against becoming numb to the constructed reality being created by politicians as the UK gets to grips with the immense human cost of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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They're lying, we know they're lying & they know we know they're lying. We must resist becoming comfortably numb to a constructed reality being created around us as people die
Felt compelled to write this: 'Coronavirus: An Exercise in Hypernormalisation'
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The October @BylineTimes print edition. Dedicated to Sir Harold Evans. Because truth never dies.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: A “Distraction" of the Government's Own Making – Why ‘Herd Immunity’ Won’t Go Away – Byline Times
A concept first discussed publicly by the Government itself, the Health Secretary is trying to put the genie back in the bottle – something which must not be allowed when people’s lives are the cost.
The Coronavirus Crisis: The Cloud of Unknowing and the Veil of Ignorance – Byline Times
Hardeep Matharu explores how the uncertainty around the Covid-19 pandemic has reanimated forgotten philosophies of social justice and mutual aid.
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"It's 1 November 2019. Imagine you are behind a 'veil of ignorance' and don't know who you are. COVID-19 is about to infect a human. What type of society would you decide you would like to live in when it strikes?"
My philosophical take for @BylineTimes
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'Downstream of Culture': How Identity Politics Swept Labour Away – Byline Times
While the right has turned politics into a culture war, the left has yet to tackle the politics of culture, says Hardeep Matharu.
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As Krishna tells Arjuna: the "one who sees action in inaction is intelligent among men". Deciding not to fight the culture war is a choice. It is an action. And one which #Labour will come to desperately regret.
My @BylineTimes piece on identity politics
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The Toll of Empty Nationalism – The Brexit Bell Ends – Byline Times
As Big Ben (doesn't) count down to 'Brexit Day' on 31 January, Otto English considers how Britain fell into the grip of a petty nationalism, warned against by the world's greatest physicist.
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"In 1929, Einstein was asked if he considered himself to be a German or a Jew. 'It is quite possible to be both,' he replied. 'I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease... the measles of mankind'."
@Otto_English for @BylineTimes
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Stormzy: UK is 'definitely racist' and Johnson has made it worse
Grime artist says prime minister’s racist comments have encouraged public hate
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Stormzy: "If the top person can openly say this racist thing – the 'piccaninnies' remarks, 'watermelon smiles', comparing Muslim women to a letter box – if that is our figurehead, and he openly says these things, he encourages hate among others"
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Boris Johnson parties the night away with Carrie Symonds at Annabel's
The Prime Minister, 55, walked side by side with his 31-year-old girlfriend as he arrived at a private London residence for a Christmas party held by Russian tycoon Evgeny Lebedev.
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"The Prime Minister arrived at a private London residence for a Christmas party held by Russian tycoon and owner of the Evening Standard Evgeny Lebedev".
Helps to have friends in high places.
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How My Punjabi Immigrant New Labour-Supporting Parents were Charmed by Boris Johnson – Byline Times
Hardeep Matharu reflects on the personal story of her parents' political shift towards the right – and what it might represent about Britain as a whole.
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I'm the daughter of immigrants. I grew up on the same street as the British National Party HQ. My formerly centre-left leaning parents voted to leave the EU. Today, they voted for Boris Johnson's Conservatives. Why?
My piece for @BylineTimes
#GE2019
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Brexit is one of most spectacular mistakes in EU history, says Tusk
Exclusive: Donald Tusk says it would still be better for both sides if UK stayed in EU
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Donald Tusk: "The unprecedented readiness to lie on almost everything... to treat a lie as a justifiable tool to win" is shameless behaviour that would have disqualified politicians only 10 years ago. Brexit is also one of the most "spectacular mistakes"
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Beyond the Law: Tory Dystopian Propaganda Scam Goes Unpunished – Byline Times
The Conservative Party deceived in plain sight when it changed its press office Twitter account name during last night's Leader's Debate to "factcheckUK". Voters must remain vigilant to all attempts to mislead.
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UPDATE: "factcheckUK" Scam Beyond the Law
Elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, has called for "transparency & integrity" but told me it's powerless to intervene as its remit is "political finance rules" & the Tories have broken no electoral laws
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